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Uncle Sam and weapons - a forever story

Sunday, January 28, 2018 - 18:20 — Sachie

This drawing is from Blanco y Negro on September 26, 1915 (n. 1271, but no page number). In the middle of an article about women’s suffrage, I found this satirical drawing. The author is Sileno, or Pedro Antonio Villahermosa y Borao. It is quite interesting to see the belligerent continuity of America.

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Sachie MIZOHATA

Date creation:

28/01/2018

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Uncle Sam and weapons - a foreever story

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Japanese

Okinawa 2 (I love Okinawa)

I visited Okinawa last month. Okinawa hosts 74 % of the U.S. bases on 0.6 % of the land. Despite overwhelming opposition, the Japanese government is taking the lead in efforts to build a new U.S. military base in Henoko Bay, emphasizing the deterrence value of the U.S. bases in Japan. Our policy makers want to proceed with the construction "shuku shuku to (calmly and solemnly)."
It is shockingly mindless and undemocratic to disregard the Okinawans' will. Here are some of useful websites on anti-U.S. base acitivities and protests (see the Japanese version – four of eleven sites are in English).